SEIZING in Classic Quotes

Simple words can express big ideas - learn how great writers to make beautiful sentences with common words.
Quotes from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Search Panel
Word:
You may input your word or phrase.
Author:
Book:
 
Stems:
If search object is a contraction or phrase, it'll be ignored.
Sort by:
Each search starts from the first page. Its result is limited to the first 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.
Common Search Words
 Current Search - seizing in Oliver Twist
1  'Give me the other,' said Sikes, seizing Oliver's unoccupied hand.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
2  Mr. Sikes then seized the terrified boy by the collar with very little ceremony; and all three were quickly inside the house.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  The murderer staggering backward to the wall, and shutting out the sight with his hand, seized a heavy club and struck her down.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
4  The stranger reflected upon this argument, with a very profound face; having done so, he seized Sikes by the hand: and declared he was a real good fellow.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  In about ten minutes' time, Mr. Fagin was seized with a fit of coughing; upon which Nancy pulled her shawl over her shoulders, and declared it was time to go.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  With a hoarse grunt of contempt, Mr. Sikes seized the glass, and threw the remainder of its contents into the ashes: as a preparatory ceremony to filling it again for himself: which he did at once.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  The Jew stepped back in this emergency, with more agility than could have been anticipated in a man of his apparent decrepitude; and, seizing up the pot, prepared to hurl it at his assailant's head.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  Harry Maylie, after the very first morning when he met Oliver coming laden home, was seized with such a passion for flowers, and displayed such a taste in their arrangement, as left his young companion far behind.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  Crimson with fury, Oliver started up; overthrew the chair and table; seized Noah by the throat; shook him, in the violence of his rage, till his teeth chattered in his head; and collecting his whole force into one heavy blow, felled him to the ground.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  The girl said nothing more; but, tearing her hair and dress in a transport of passion, made such a rush at the Jew as would probably have left signal marks of her revenge upon him, had not her wrists been seized by Sikes at the right moment; upon which, she made a few ineffectual struggles, and fainted.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI